Life is difficult. Relationships require special attention and care... just like a garden!
With patient nurturing, hard work, and time spent, a garden can flourish and become vibrant and beautiful.

But what happens if you neglect a garden? It becomes overgrown, the weeds crowd out the plants and flowers, and it may even dry up and start to die.

And sometimes – when you look out the back window and see the mess that once was your garden – the task before you may seem absolutely overwhelming.

And that's where I come in. I will help you bring your garden back to life, so that it can grow and flourish again. I'll teach you how to spot the weeds in your life and how to root them out. I won't pull those weeds for you – I'm not a hired hand – but I will show you what to do to make your garden blossom with new joy and fruitfulness.
True health and healing come from within for relationships, marriage, stress, depression, behavioral therapy, and alcohol addiction.
So as you survey your garden... do you see any of these unwanted "weeds" growing in your life or your relationships?
  • Feeling stressed, depressed, or hopeless
  • Feeling sad and discouraged about your relationships or lack of one
  • Experiencing loneliness and isolation
  • Feeling trapped in a self-destructive cycle that merely encourages overindulgence in food or substances
  • Feeling unhappy about your marriage or your dating relationship
  • Needing help with parenting, such as help with your child's school, behavioral therapy, or emotional problems
  • Going through a divorce or separation
  • Feeling concerned about alcohol or drug use
  • Dealing with a spouse who is an addict
  • Having experienced a major injury or illness in the past

If any of these pesky plants are choking the life out of your garden, then it's probably time to get some gardening help!

As a therapist, I believe that life's challenges are actually meant to produce growth and positive changes in our life and relationships. I constantly see this in my private practice as I meet with people.

Finding and pulling the 'weeds' in your life – as painful as it is – is actually good for you. Why? Because pain is the precursor for change, and change is the doorway to hope.
In the areas where we are afraid like depression, relationships, or alcohol and drug addiction we do the least.
The truth is that our thoughts, our emotions, our attitudes, and our choices play a huge role in the quality of our lives and our relationships. So... changing our thoughts, emotions, attitudes, and choices can have a huge effect as well. And this hope is the foundation of therapy.

Psychotherapy's primarily purpose is to help you heal and grow and make the appropriate changes, so that you can improve the quality of your life and your relationships.

Therapy provides an opportunity for you to look at the reality of your life and relationships, for you to do an inventory of your life and relationships.

In order to understand your present choices, habits, and patterns in relationships, it is critical that you understand your past, because knowing why you think and feel as you do is an important part of changing how you think and feel. With the help of counseling you can learn to be aware of the way you think, and make better sense of the emotions you feel about the difficult events in your life.

My treatment approach is to discover the root of the problems you face – as the master gardener – and to provide support and practical feedback to you – as the owner of the garden – so that you can make positive and effective changes in your life. My focus is to help you to address current struggles and long-standing issues so that you can reach your full potential and better cope with the problems of life.


Will you allow me to join you in your garden?
Together we can make it bloom and grow again!

Jousline Savra, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist)

License #45283
(626) 433-3051 / Info@Jouslinesavra.com